"He's dead!"
A News Coo flew over an island in the East Blue.
The villagers had just received their newspapers. First, they saw that Shane had fallen, then they began to sob.
"Garp the Hero and Tyrant Shane perished together!"
"The legendary World's Strongest pirate fleet, the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet, is on the verge of disbanding!"
"The Celestial Dragons are the eternal gods of the seas!"
The news swiftly spread throughout the world.
Even the people sheltered by the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet could not believe it.
It had all happened too suddenly!
And each piece of news in the papers was more terrifying than the last.
They claimed that Shane had fought Roger to a draw, then perished together with Garp, and that his Pirate Crew had been utterly routed!
Yet they concealed the news of Zephyr's and Garp's defeats!
Fortunately, Morgans's balloon-borne News Agency exposed the truth without holding anything back!
In particular, the paper revealed the strike that had descended from the sky!
It also reported that Shane had defeated Admiral Zephyr, Saint Saturn of the Five Elders, and Garp the Hero in succession.
He had not lost to anyone. The Celestial Dragons had used some kind of power capable of destroying the world!
Before this, of course, no one would have believed such outlandish information.
But several days passed without a Marine Admiral coming forward to offer proof, which instead confirmed their defeats.
In particular, the kings of the New World's Underworld discovered the battlefield far from Lodestar Island.
An enormous crater had appeared there!
Their hearts trembled. They loathed the Celestial Dragons, yet feared them even more.
The New World.
The ambitions of rookie pirates who had never learned their own limits were already swelling.
"Hahahaha!"
"Boys, our chance to make a name for